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Friday, June 17, 2011

What Are You Reading?

It's hard writing posts in the summer. There's so much stuff on the agenda, you know?

So I'm making this another short and sweet post.

In my effort to read more MG, I'm reading Holes, by Louis Sachar. Here's the blurb:

Stanley Yelnats isn't too surprised to find himself at Camp Green Lake, digging holes in the dried up lake bed, day after scorching day. After all, his family has a history of bad luck. The boys at Camp Green Lake must dig one hole each day, five feet deep and five feet across. But what are they digging for? Why did Green Lake dry up? And what do onions and lizards have to do with it all? The answers lie in Stanley's own past...

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I am currently reading Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks (adult, not kid lit) and it has ground my reading momentum to a screeching halt. The book is very well written - don't get me wrong - but life has been extra busy lately and this book doesn't pull me enough to make time for it. I keep looking longingly at the YA novels stacked up waiting for me, but I always finish books. Sigh. So maybe I'll get to BEFORE I FALL or PASSION (third in Lauren Kate's trilogy) before September :)

Holes is a fantastic book. Read it years ago. I really should read it again. I'm trying to up my MG reads this summer, too. I have two MG series in the works but both have stumped me, so I've decided to dive into that realm and hopefully get inspired. Shorter posts are great for the summer, I think.

I am amazed at the number of books that don't get published over here that are published in the US and vice versa. Whilst in the US I went into a book shop and asked for a British book that I know has just been released and was told it would not be sold in the US.

I'm reading Magic Below Stairs, by Caroline Stevermer, an MG book set in the same world as her YA Kate and Cecilia series she co-wrote with Patricia C Wrede. And I'm loving it! It's one of those books where I'm torn between wanting to read it fast, to find out what's going to happen, and wanting to draw it out slowly so it doesn't end too soon.

Good morning, dear Lydia. Nice way to stay in the mix. Short, sweet posts are kind of like summer in that way.

Currently reading blogs! I read a lot of non-fiction earlier in the year: 'A Generational Theory of Love,' 'The Origin of Consciousness and the Break Down of the Bicameral Mind,' 'World Wide Mind,' 'Hackers,' 'The Divided Self,' 'The Three-Pound Universe.' I've written reviews of much of what I read over at Amazon.

I'm reading Prodigal Son by Dean Koontz in an attempt to add some adult fiction to my reading. I'm almost done though and have no idea what to read next. I have several choices waiting on my bookshelf...

Holes is good. I just finished Little Red Riding Hood. The worst YA book I have ever finished. It would have helped if I had known it was written after the screen play, but I wasn't thinking when I picked it up.

I feel like I'm the only one in the world who hasn't read Holes, so I must get on that soon! I just finished reading The Agency by Y.S. Lee and loved it! I may need to read more historical Ya--so much fun!

"The Autobiography of My Mother" by Jamaica Kincaid. Intense and painful and incredibly awesome (although I think I liked "My Brother" by her even more). This is not beach reading. But I really really NEED beach books, too, so I'm reading some old fashioned classic mysteries by Josephine Tey, and picked up a romance by Nora Roberts, too. Now, after reading your post and Laura's, I might have to get HOLES and DIVERGENT.

I love the Disney movie. Watch it with the kids whenever its on. Great great story! I just picked up the second Harry Potter book and am reading that. Just got started. First was was very good. It exceeded my expectations.

Haven't read it! Really enjoyed the movie, however. Kinda hate reading books after watching a movie, tho I've done it before. I like NOT knowing how a book ends; it's part of the draw. I prefer reading a book first and then watching a movie. :)

What am I reading? Nothing, now, but when I'm done revising I will read Heather Dixon's ENTWINED, which I bought at a recent SCBWI conference.

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